Three large Omilu and a good sized whitemouth moray eel were on the hung, probably for a tako (octopus).

While they worked a bit north, I spotted a large tako to the south of them take off and head further south. I decided to follow it.

I guess I got too close for comfort here:

A tentacle displaced this banded coral shrimp that had to come out from under a ledge to avoid it:

Whenever I would try to get closer for a better image, it would give up on the disguise and texture change and go back to simple appearance.

The Tako almost completely disappeared under the coral in the image above when out came one tentacle and tossed a textile cone into the sand which you

can see in the image below:

This is the first time I have seen a textile cone shell this large (2.5" long) and alive. They have a venom that can be fatal to humans and probably an octopus

as well!

The animal was pretty quick to come out and go for a relocation.

At that point I had spent 20 minutes following the tako and felt it deserved a break from me. I would have liked to get a better shot of the textile cone but

also respected its potential for harm so left it be.

Short video segments taken at the early part of the encounter: